Use apt to check for all dependencies for xmms (as I indicated above). The syntax for using apt is correct. You can list multiple packages in the same command. To find out how apt works, do "man apt-get".

Sorry it took me so long to respond, this is what I got:

I tried: apt-get install --simulate xmms and got:
Reading package list...Done
Building dependency tree...Done
E:Couldn't find package xmms

I installed these packages:
libglib1.2.-dbg_1.2.10-10ubuntu1_386.deb
libgtk1.2-common_1.2.10-18_all.deb

After installing these packages I tried to install the following: libpng,cairo and pango and this is what I got:

libpng
configure error: zlib not installed

Cairo-1.2.0
configure:WARNING:Could not find libpng in the pkg-config search path checking whether cairo's PNG backend could be enabled.....no
configure: error: requested PNG backend could not be enabled.

pango-1.14.0
Checking for CAIRO...configure: error:
***Didn't find any of FreeType, X11, AT SUI or Win32.
***Must have at least one backend to build Pango.

Thanks for the help!!

reddazz or someone else will have to help you with installing xmms using apt-get. I'm sure xmms is in some repo somewhere. And I would agree at this point that apt is probably your best bet.

If you want to continue installing from source, since you installed glib1 and GTK1, you should be able to build and install xmms. The longer dependency chain was for GTK2 which is NOT what xmms uses. If you're using Ubuntu, you have GNOME. If you have GNOME, you have GTK2. If you have GTK2, you have to have glib2, Cairo, Pango, and ATK.

libpng won't install because you're missing zlib. I'm surprised zlib isn't installed on your system already. In any event, make sure zlib is installed or install it before trying to install libpng. Look for a library file called libz. If it is installed, and I'll bet it is, you'll need to set the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH before compiling libpng.Cairo won't install because libpng isn't there, Pango won't install because Cairo isn't there.

For CairoLooks like you can disable the PNG backend with a switch to the configure script. Typeto see if there is a switch like --disable-png or something.

Arow, problem is solved!! I went to the Ubuntu packages site and got the packages for libglib1.2,libgtk1.2 and xmms. I installed libgilib1.2 first then libgtk1.2 and last xmms. When I installed xmms I got a error that said something like: "Conflict with package" but everything works fine. It is the best option for people that don't have Internet at their Linux PC to use this option.

Thanks for all your help.